I Got Into Writing And Thinking About

In Early 1961 A New President, John F. Kennedy, Was Told By Military Leaders And Civilian Officials That The Kingdom Of Laos - Of No Conceivable Strategic Importance To The U.s. - Required The Presence Of American Troops And Perhaps Even Tactical Nuclear Weapons. Why? Because If Laos Fell, Asia Would Go Red From Thailand To Indonesia.

In Politics, Bugs Bunny Always Beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's Always Going Berserk, Jumping Up And Down, Yelling. Bugs's Got That Sly Smile, Like He Always Knows What's Up, Like Nothing Can Ruffle Him.

Men And Women In My Lifetime Have Died Fighting For The Right To Vote: People Like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman And Michael Schwerner, Who Were Murdered While Registering Black Voters In Mississippi In 1964, And Viola Liuzzo, Who Was Murdered By The Ku Klux Klan In 1965 During The Selma March For Voting Rights.

If The Court Strikes Down The Defense Of Marriage Act, Is That A 'liberal' Result Enabling Gay Couples Married In States Where Gay Marriage Is Legal To Enjoy The Same Economic Advantages That Federal Laws Now Grant To Straight Couples? Or Is It A 'conservative' Ruling, Limiting The Federal Government's Ability To Override State Power?

More Things In Politics Happen By Accident Or Exhaustion Than Happen By Conspiracy.